Perfect Obedience

2014 [SPANISH]

Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1156 1.2K

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Plot summary

The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing him “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.

Director

Luis Urquiza Photo
Luis Urquiza

Top cast

Luis Ernesto Franco Photo
Luis Ernesto Franco as Padre Robles
Juan Manuel Bernal Photo
Juan Manuel Bernal as Padre Ángel de la Cruz
Alfonso Herrera Photo
Alfonso Herrera as Julián Santos
Juan Carlos Colombo Photo
Juan Carlos Colombo as Padre Ángel de la Cruz
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1280*690
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
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1.64 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by m_violet 6 / 10

Important topic inside an awful film.

I was really excited to watch this movie, and I went out from the theater truly disappointed. Here is why:Story: Of course I was interested in watching this film after Spring Break or "Holly Week" in Mexico because I knew about the controversy that was going to make on the premiere. Despite being a Catholic myself, I was glad to see the "dark side" from church and some justice for those abused innocent children. However, I was not happy about the result. There were many, many missing aspects and cases, especially from Father Maciel, who did a lot more atrocities. Script: Not well written, no memorable lines, not a good plot.Plot: Boring, scene transitions are quick and do not explain anything at all, and contains a lot of plot holes.Direction: Horrible. If the script was bad, obviously the direction also will be.Acting: Excellent, everyone was good, except the main actor (Julian) who seems Kristen Stewart's brother.Scenery: Beautiful and appropriate to the time where the story is set.Cinematography: I'm glad that Mexico is improving its camera shots and visual quality.Score: One of the best things from this film. Every musical theme fits in every scene, and the song election was appropriate. Genre: They try so hard to add some drama, but they totally fail. I had seen more convincing crying. Edition: The voice-over did not sound well at times, and did not fit with background music. Sometimes I couldn't understand what the narrator said.I'm sad that such important topic wasn't addressed in this awful film, but at least I hope that people start to take care of their children and not listen everything religion teaches. Director's intentions were good, but failed at the end.6.4/10
Reviewed by wariotheater 8 / 10

Subtle and terrifying at the same time. Greatly performed.

This is what happens when you have such great actors, a quite interesting/shocking/real topic to develop and the talent to picture all of that without being unnecessarily explicit. Absolutely a great Mexican film, the acting that Juan Manuel Bernal gives is just outstanding and precise, the children look spontaneous but traumatized along with their unbelievably blind parents. The story is terrible and even hideous which only feeds the capacity that the movie has to transmit that and to make you feel terrible and shocked of the evilness that a human being can posses. The subtlety of this film is horrifying and quite effective.If you are looking for a graphic movie without any important reflection of this disgusting/human topic then this is not your call, on the other hand what you are going to find here is an outrageous story perfectly and subtly depicted with the only purpose to terrify your very deep human side.
Reviewed by carlesmiquel 6 / 10

There's a lot to say

Yes. As the other reviewer (until now) stated. this is not a fantastically crafted film script- wise. But, for people like me, who belonged to one of these incredibly large and powerful organisations for many many years, the script rings so many bells that it becomes a bit unbearable at certain times.Yes, the cinematography is lush and beautiful. The locations, again, ring true (if you're familiar with the real story behind them), even the looks, the cars, the rituals, the words, the ideas to be ingrained in the children's minds. I mean, mostly everything rings more than one bell in my mind and really made me shiver and feel uneasy most of the film.Acting-wise, there are many good choices and pretty well known ones. I'd say Manuel gives a terrifying performance that made me cringe more than once. In the end, the film treats with grace and delicacy things that are not to be shown anymore on the big or small screen because they'll be banned. That's sad, but that's how this kind of experiences and their immense publicity have changed the film industry to tell stories with more guts. I don't blame anyone for that... its' just the way it is and it's a sad thing for the film industry, for the real people, for spectators and for the sake of well-translated books into films.Since this film covers with flashes a much more complex story, it will never be the "Story of the Legionaires of Christ" in full, but it depicts enough to understand why there was such a huge scandal throughout the world, especially in Mexico. Well done!
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